How can we make sound replication decisions?

Clintin P. Davis-Stober; Alexandra Sarafoglou; Balazs Aczel; Suyog H. Chandramouli; Timothy M. Errington; Sarahanne M. Field; Ayelet Fishbach; Juliana Freire; John P.A. Ioannidis; Klaus Oberauer; Franco Pestilli; Susanne Ressl; Daniel J. Schad; Judith ter Schure; Katya Tentori; Don van Ravenzwaaij; Joachim Vandekerckhove; Odd Erik Gundersen

doi:10.1073/pnas.2401236121

How can we make sound replication decisions?

Clintin P. Davis-Stober, Alexandra Sarafoglou, Balazs Aczel, Suyog H. Chandramouli, Timothy M. Errington, Sarahanne M. Field, Ayelet Fishbach, Juliana Freire, John P.A. Ioannidis, Klaus Oberauer, Franco Pestilli, Susanne Ressl, Daniel J. Schad, Judith ter Schure, Katya Tentori, Don van Ravenzwaaij, Joachim Vandekerckhove, Odd Erik Gundersen

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Abstract

Replication and the reported crises impacting many fields of research have become a focal point for the sciences. This has led to reforms in publishing, methodological design and reporting, and increased numbers of experimental replications coordinated across many laboratories. While replication is rightly considered an indispensable tool of science, financial resources and researchers' time are quite limited. In this perspective, we examine different values and attitudes that scientists can consider when deciding whether to replicate a finding and how. We offer a conceptual framework for assessing the usefulness of various replication tools, such as preregistration.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e2401236121
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	122
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401236121
State	Published - 2025

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Keywords

methodology
reform
replication
reproducibility

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Davis-Stober, C. P., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., Chandramouli, S. H., Errington, T. M., Field, S. M., Fishbach, A., Freire, J., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Oberauer, K., Pestilli, F., Ressl, S., Schad, D. J., ter Schure, J., Tentori, K., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Vandekerckhove, J., & Gundersen, O. E. (2025). How can we make sound replication decisions? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(5), Article e2401236121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401236121

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